IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001WA063007
  • User Pedon ID: S2001WA063007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0118
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14668
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 47.9039650
  • Std. Longitude: -117.4169159
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28 N
  • Range: 43 E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: about 1340 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 4 miles Southeast of Deer Park, Washington. Sand pit off Dennison-Chatteroy Road
  • Map Unit: 3401—Elmira loamy sand, 3 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Washington
  • County: WA063—Spokane
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WA063—Spokane County, Washington
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47117-H4—Deer Park, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carol Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Lamellic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmira
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/2016
  • Classifier - Scott Bare
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmira
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits and/or eolian sands
  • Landform: sandy outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Missoula Flood Deposits formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Douglas fir/Common snowberry HT
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 16
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    lamellae

    ochric epipedon

    —

    3—13

    —4—

    —10—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

    —

    —

    613

    —

    180

    635

    —

    125

    7

    —

    —

    7.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in cut
    A1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt1(B)—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt1(E)—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); variegated olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt2(E)—89 to 142 centimeters (35.0 to 55.9 inches); variegated brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 fine roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt2(B)—89 to 142 centimeters (35.0 to 55.9 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 fine roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt3(B)—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 fine roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt3(E)—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); variegated olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.8 fine roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in cut
    E&Bt4(B)—168 to 201 centimeters (66.1 to 79.1 inches); variegated fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments.; observed in cut
    E&Bt4(E)—168 to 201 centimeters (66.1 to 79.1 inches); variegated fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments.; observed in cut